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c-mode list from fcp?
FCP ver 5.1.1
Does anyone know a way to get a proper c-mode list out of FCP? I choose “source, audio merged” from the EDL options menu, and the list comes out like a rough draft of a c-mode list. It’s only kinda-sorta in c-mode order, with many out-of-order events. And this is from a video-only list.
The a-mode export is perfect.
The only work-around I’ve found is to import the a-mode list into Avid and resort it there. It works, but FCP should be able to do this most basic task.
Michael Heldman
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5 Replies
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Are you really going to a linear system to finish? I thought all the CMX’s were gathering dust.
Ernie Santella
Santella Film/Video Productions
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Yes, but telecine bays transfering film to digibeta are still quite active. I take a c-mode list to telecine so we can work our way through the rolls in the most efficient way.
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I didn’t think of that. With the built-in and plug-in color corrector being so good in edit systems, I didn’t think many went out of house anymore. I thought you were on-lining the old fashioned way.
Ernie Santella
Santella Film/Video Productions
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A surprising percentage of network television programs are assembled in linear online bays. Partly because the equipment already exists, and partly because it’s almost always faster than nonlinear assemblies.
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Welder
a little late to the party but….
EDL’s can only represent one track of video so:
make sure all the video you want to transfer or cc is on one track say V1, take any nests you have and copy them to the same track but at the end of your sequence. if your nests are multi layered, you have to string out all the layers onto the one track. same goes for motion etc (you probably already know this)
export an A mode list out of fcp, import it into microsoft excel as a tab delimited text file starting at the first row of actual edit data ie skip the header.
select the column that lists your source-in times (the first tc column) under Data select Sort. it should ask you if you want to expand the selection, say yes. sort by asceneding based on the source tc column, voila! a c mode list! its not an edl, but a colorist can use it. print it out. maybe the colorist has a program that reads tex files, so take the excel file and save it as tab delimited tex onto a cd or a floppy (remeber those?)
we do this al the time, as the concept of Digital Intermediate has not quite caught on here, so we are always doing a one light transfer, then retransfering uncut selects based on timecode. make sure ALL your shots are in the list by going through the list shot by shot (it seems no matter how carefully i do the above procedure, i sometimes find a shot missing from the list)
if you are nervous about excel, find someone who knows it.
hope this helps
bee eph
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